How Kara Goucher Stood Up to Running's Goliath
When Olympic marathoner Kara Goucher went public in 2015 with her accusation that her previous mentor, the legendary Alberto Salazar, experienced skirted antidoping policies with the elite runners of the Nike Oregon Task, she experienced an onslaught of criticism. The blowback set her again financially and competitively—and manufactured her wonder if she experienced manufactured a awful miscalculation. Then past spring, Goucher spoke up once again, signing up for previous Nike teammates in a New York Moments op-ed about the company’s observe of suspending woman athletes’ fork out through pregnancy. Nike shortly pledged improvements, and in the fall the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency banned Salazar from coaching for 4 many years. In the middle of this storm, Goucher converted to trail running at age 40, finishing in fifth position among the women in her to start with off-road celebration, the notorious Leadville marathon. In this episode, reporter Stephanie Might Joyce, who profiled Goucher for a modern problem of Exterior, asks the runner how contacting out the athletic footwear and attire juggernaut shaped her profession, and exactly where she goes from right here.
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